The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies
Named for the southern constellationtoward which most of its galaxies can be found, theFornaxCluster is one of the closest clusters of galaxies.About 62 million light-years away, it is almost 20 times moredistant than our neighboringAndromeda Galaxy, andonly about 10 percent farther than the better known and morepopulated Virgo Galaxy Cluster.Seen across this two degree wide field-of-view, almost everyyellowish splotch on the image is an elliptical galaxy in the Fornaxcluster.
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